Time, in the depths of the night, is meaningless.

But this is not the case for outsiders who walk in this dead city.

their time...... Extremely limited.

The shortage of water and food is the most immediate and urgent pressure, and further down is the erosion of the ubiquitous darkness and chaos - even a glorious person like Ignati, who has inherited the blood of his ancestors, has not stepped into the other side of the world with one foot under the infection of a long time, let alone a reserve sword-wielder who has not yet been implanted with stigmata...... Although it is not obvious now, it will be ten days as early as the earliest, or a month or two later, and sooner or later the demonized characteristics will appear on the body.

If...... If they really live to that time.

The young Glory's eyes drooped slightly, and they didn't have any more worries about the future, after all, they couldn't even solve the existential crisis in front of them now, and there was no need to think about the long term.

Food and water are big problems.

"There is less than three days of food left," checked the food in the suitcase, and after the four of them formed a team, the rights and responsibilities were relatively clear, and the short boy who was not so strong took care of the logistics of the team, "If you drink water...... I can probably hold on for half a day. ”

"Why did it wear out so quickly?" Hansen asked, the blonde man who had just finished a battle wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead, "I remember that there was still a lot of drinking water left yesterday. ”

It's been a day since they faced the underground demons together, and although they are four people who are not familiar with each other, they have cooperated well under the run-in of several battles, and the team with Amy as the core has gradually taken shape.

But this comes at the cost of a lot of food and water.

"There was a lot left over from yesterday," Hannah replied to Hansen's question, a muscular girl who saw things much more clearly than he did, "but there have been no less battles today, each of which has been accompanied by a large loss of food and water, and we have only paid our bills but not recorded them." ”

No one is interested in the flesh and blood of demons—at least not the people of the Order.

Although most demons are edible in terms of flesh, the flesh and blood of demons born of the erosion of darkness and chaos naturally contain the power of chaos that is incompatible with order, and those who have eaten it will become more susceptible to the infection of the deepest night, and more likely to fall into a state of demonization.

Moreover...... The real big problem is not food, but water.

There weren't many people preparing dry food on the floating ship, but there were, such as Hansen, a rugged and honest man with a hamster-like hoarding nature, and his suitcase with enough dry food for seven days of his solo operation - but no matter how good his skills were, he couldn't store enough drinking water.

One is that it is inconvenient to carry, and the other is that it cannot be stored for a long time.

This question is probably not only bothering him, but the people who are still alive in this darkness, no matter how frugal and dull they are, I am afraid they have realized that it is not only the darkness in front of them that hinders their survival, nor is it only the demons of the night who are about to move, but also the crisis of food and water.

Realizing this, Amy calmed down a little.

- This is most likely an experiment organized by the Order.

This was the conclusion reached the day before yesterday, before the formation of a team of four. And if this is the case, then as the subjects of the experiment, they must not be so easy to enter the death situation before achieving the purpose of the experiment.

In other words, there must be drinking water and food supplies in this abandoned dead city.

It's just that...... It takes a bit of luck.

"Keep looking, it's not time to give up. "Rather than an illusory thing like luck, the young Glory One believes in real effort, "Our situation should be very clear to the Order's headquarters, and the possibility of being completely abandoned, if not impossible, is very low. ”

The Order's style of action is cold and efficient, and the naïve idea of not giving up on a single person certainly does not exist when the world is on the verge of destruction, and in many cases, human life is nothing more than a cold number, which can feel heavy and oppressive, but nothing more.

"That's all there is to it now. Corbeck sighed—in the depths of the night, everyone could rely on nothing but themselves, perhaps only their own companions, "Decide your course for the day." ”

He took out a simple map from his bosom, which was the biggest gain of yesterday.

Through constant fighting and exploration, this short boy from Ramsden used a carbon pen to draw a simple, even rudimentary, map - with only simple lines throughout, a few strokes outlining the overall layout and direction of the complex, and shoddy work is acceptable.

But in this strange place, it is a real treasure.

"We have to make a decision," Calbock's pen paused slightly on the improvised hand-drawn map, his gaze wandering over the trio before falling on the young Glory, "whether to head to the center to find the secrets that might be hidden, or to the suburbs in search of a way out." ”

It is not difficult to deduce the city center from the layout and direction of the building complex, and in a city, especially a city that gradually loses its vitality and vitality under the erosion of the deepest night, the distribution of its population and buildings must show the characteristics of decreasing circular arrangement from the center to the periphery, and it is not difficult to see from the simple map drawn by Corbock that the buildings in the east are obviously denser and much more prosperous than those in the west.

"This is indeed a question," Amy did not give a direct answer, with real strength and life-saving kindness, he was sure enough to make others accept his decision, but there was no need, there was no need to give up the favor to this inconsequential matter, "Whether we leave here or continue to investigate, what awaits us is an uncertain future, and the existing information cannot guide us on the right path." ”

"I'm casual," Hansen scratched his head, "I don't get involved in the things that use my brain." ”

In words, he expressed his attitude simply and directly - in fact, this is also a manifestation of survival wisdom, in the team, everyone has their own position and positioning, although this tall and burly blonde man does not have the ability to analyze and solve problems, but in the battle is second only to the main attacker of the Glory, he has no need to participate in this discussion.

"Personally, I prefer the town centre. After a brief pause, the muscular dark-skinned girl gave her answer, "Leaving this city is not the same as being out of danger, beyond this unknown city is a vast darkness, and the situation we face simply cannot be improved if we leave this city - in contrast, exploring the possible secrets of this city may improve the dire situation we are facing right now." ”

"Well," Amy agreed with Aina, but instead of directly affirming it, he looked at the original questioner, Cowbock, who had drawn up the map, "Do you have any thoughts on that?"

"I agree with Aina," said the short, brown-haired boy with his hands outstretched, "but I look at the problem from a very different point of view, and I prefer to talk about it from the point of view of possibility—a city that has been swallowed up by the night is not too large, and we have come from west to east along the way, so to speak, not far from the center of the city, and the opportunity cost of exploring the unknown is quite cheap enough for us to fight." ”

He paused, didn't say anything like "look back", and when the other two had already made a statement, all he had to do was not to state his opinion, but simply state the benefits, adding a weight to the balance in Judas's heart, so that the final decision would no longer remain in suspense.

"I see. The young Glory Man just subconsciously asked with the mentality of picking up the relics, and was not too surprised by the expected result, but nodded, "In that case, let's set off with the city center as the goal." ”

The decision was made fairly simple and lightweight.

Amy knew very well that what was important now was not whether to go back and leave the dead city, or to continue to delve deeper into the secrets that might be hidden inside, but ...... Determine a direction.

The reserve sword bearer is indeed the elite cultivated by the Order, but no matter how elite it is, after all, it is a student soldier from the academy, and in the absence of running-in, he suddenly plunges into the dangerous night, and he will definitely accumulate a lot of pressure mentally, and he may not be able to see anything in his daily life, but once the sudden danger shows his fangs in the dark, then this team built based on common interests can easily fall apart.

Like what...... Increasingly urgent food and water crises.

He didn't trust the casual teammates around him, even though they had shown themselves to be trustworthy yesterday - the Glory never underestimated the human will to survive, and never had the luxury of moral character in the event of life and death.

So, all he did was try to prevent this from happening.

Give them a common direction, and enough to grit their teeth and hold on in that direction...... Wish.

"One last rest," Amy Ulysses concluded with this simple order for the day, "to-morrow through the heart of the city, where we have the food and drinking water we desperately need, if I guess correctly." ”

His tone was calm without a trace of trill, and his face did not rise or fall in the slightest.

- What he just said was just his speculation, not any justification, based on intuition.

But that's enough.

All he needed was a hope, a hope, a morale-boosting reason or excuse, a ...... White lies.